branco

See also: branĉo

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Abbreviation of brancardier.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bʁɑ̃.ko/

NounEdit

branco m ‎(plural brancos)

1. (military, colloquial) stretcher-bearer

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GalicianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaŋko̝/

AdjectiveEdit

branco m (feminine singular branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)

1. white (colour)

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Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)
vermello	verde	amarelo	?	branco
?	?	?	?	rosa
?	azul	laranxa	gris	?
negro	púrpura	castaño, marrón	?	ciano

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

branco m ‎(plural branchi)

1. flock (of sheep)
2. pack (of wolves)
3. gang (of people)

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MirandeseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

branco ‎(feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)

1. white

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Old PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz ‎(“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- ‎(“to shine”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾã.ko/

AdjectiveEdit

branco m ‎(plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)

1. white
   • 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)

     […] mia ſennor branca e / uermella.

     […] my lady of white skin and / reddish face.

DescendantsEdit

descendants

edit Galician: branco Portuguese: branco Angolar: baanku Guinea-Bissau Creoleo: branku Indo-Portuguese: branco Kabuverdianu: bránku Korlai Creole Portuguese: brak Malaccan Creole Portuguese: brangku Principense: baanku Sãotomense: blanku

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Colors in Old Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
vermello	verde	amarelo	?	branco
{{{crimson}}}	?	?	?	rosa
?	azur	?	gris	?
negro, preto	cardẽo	castanno	?	?

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PortugueseEdit

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branco

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese branco ‎(“white”), from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz ‎(“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- ‎(“to shine”).

Cognate with Galician branco, Spanish blanco, Catalan blanc, Occitan blanc, French blanc, Italian bianco and English blank.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐ̃.ku/
• Hyphenation: bran‧co

NounEdit

branco m (plural brancos)

1. white (color)
2. (heraldry) argent
3. a Caucasian male

QuotationsEdit

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:branco.

AdjectiveEdit

branco m ‎(feminine singular branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas, comparable)

1. white

QuotationsEdit

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:branco.

DescendantsEdit

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• Angolar: baanku
• Guinea-Bissau Creoleo: branku
• Indo-Portuguese: branco
• Kabuverdianu: bránku
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: brak
• Malaccan Creole Portuguese: brangku
• Principense: baanku
• Sãotomense: blanku

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